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Return to sanity
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada which deprived
workers of the right to strike, arbitrarily set wages and forced workers into
compulsory artitration, as been called too severe. Others say it marks a
return to sanity in matters pertaining to labor disputes. •
On April 9, the Supreme Court • of Canada ruled the Constitution's
guarantee of freedom of association does not include the right to strike or to
bargain collectively. The judgements upheld federal, Alberta and Saskat-
chewan laws:
Canadian unions are criticizing the court's rulings and pressing ahead
with plans to lobby to have labor rights' included in the Constitution. It is
doubtful, however, that organized labor,will get the backing of a majority of
Canadian workers, let alone a majority of all Canadians for that cause.'
Organized, labor represents a minority of Canadian workers. Many non -
organized workers consider themselves the victims of the results of the -
demands of big unions - especially big public service unions. •It is impossi-
ble to come up with a single example of a back -to -work order by any
government in Canada that hasn't been applauded by a majority of people.
Thi same public would not want to see governments without that power.
Many union workers, especially those who have been involved in lengthy,
strikes, will not hesitate to say they would rather have -compulsory arbitra-
tion. Many public workers such as police, firemen and medical workers in
this province are making do with compulsory arbitration rather than strike
action. It hasn't appeared to have severely limited their bargaining power.
Most Canadians are probably hoping the rulings of the Supreme Court of
Canada will put a damper on disruptions in service cause by such ,actions
as postal strikes and teachers' strikes. No doubt they are also tiopingfthe '
rulings will end the pressure at the negotiating table of threatened strike ac-
tion by public workers.
Freedom of assembly has traditionally protected the right of people to
form political parties, to meet in groups to freely discuss issues without fear
of prosecution. For the Supreme Court of Canada to have broadened the
meaning to include the right to strike, or to bargain collectively would have
put this nation in a position too troublesome to contemplate..
I don't mind, cooking if I have nothing
'else, to de, the ;conditions are perfect, aild ], . .
I'm not exPeeted to sit" down and eat the ' 'S 1�V 1 JATSOCIC
meal. by Heather Mcllwraith
' Oh, it's. not that I •can't cook. A meal "
prepared' by my hands, while not gourmet
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SENSE AND NONSENSE
by Ron Wassink
Farm accidents hurt.
It's starting to happen again, it's not only
affecting adults.
Farm accidents hurt a lot of people. A
finger, cut off by a pulley, an arm badly
shattered by.a power takeoff. shaft, or'real
bad scare like rolling a tractor and living to
tell the tale, are all wounds that heal with
time. But it's the sad and needless death of a '
farmer, or child, that causes a lot of grief.
And in the case of a child, mueh guilt. •
Once a month a group I belong to meets to
discuss any number of topics, have a coffee
or two, and shoot the breeze. April's discus-
sion was on men -women relationships and
whether women are taking over head of the
household duties from men.
micare,
safety and kids riding on achnery.This
-all took place before the tragic farm acci-
dent that
that claim
nearWroxeter last
the life of a two-year•o1d
ast week.
Though the group, many of them farm
families, talked, nobody seemed to listen, or
at least want to listen. The consensus was
"It will never happen to us."
Farmers often argue that the reason
wives must help with field work or in the
barn is one of need. They can't afford to hire
someone to help *Ur the haying and
hiarvest••nor an they afford to hire a
•babysitter at those busy bines of the year.
It's time farm families starting asking
themselves how much they value life: Is a
child's life so unimportant that there's no
reason to -be -safe? Is -the risk of a child being -
run over by a tractor or being sucked
through a harvester of no concern?
I just hope most farmers don't think the
same as the groin) p I talked with There was
a sense. of apathy' among most people in the
group: Some wives shrugged their shoulders
in resignation when discussioncentred on
the hazards very young children face when
mom and dad are working with machinery.
"V9e know what_ can happen: We're
car`eful," they Said. But a father answered
the question of child safety with a question:
"Is it safer to leave kids in the liou'se by
themse v ,
�e 1"" es or to let them ride on' the
tractor?"
'r said her' children's grand-
parents
.. ..�.
, r Maher invited asit
parentswere invited over one day to baby
while she and her husband completed corn
barite -Sting, Though the incident happened
g ° "didn't hide
about two eaFs ago, She still cou,,..,
y,
her relief that her, son is still alive. Ap-.
parently the grandparentsa'felt soap operas
were more important" and didn't thiss the
kid when he wandered tram the house. The
off;
by any means, is usually edible enough. But
by the time all the dinner preparatlens are;
complete I'm too full to even consider serv.-
ing myself up a plate.
Seems, I have a bad case of over active,
taste buds - I feel inclined to taste anything
and everything before, anyone else is sub-
jected to it. Part of this inclination stems
from some kind of moral obligation to pro-
tect my guests. The other part; I suppose,
from an instinctive and uncontrollable
hand-to-mouth action prompted by the smell
of food.
It's almost impossible too, to refrain from
giving food the taste test, since it is almost
always necessary at. some point during the
meal preparation. Gravies and, sauces need
to be tested, if not to check consistency' and
texture, then to ensure proper temperature.
Meat, which appears done, may' not be, and
one can never tell' for sure without sampling
a piece. New recipes too, simply beg to be
sampledvbefore they are served.
Even if one feels confident enough of their
cooking to skip the taste tests, it's an im-
possible task. Just being in the kitchen com-
pels.people, or at least me, to perform this
Very civic and very heroic duty. It's
expected.
Unfortunately though, one. taste per item
is never enough. Even if the food passes the
line I manage to submerge,+accidentally of
course,.,at least one finger into the fare. And
constantly aware that there are starving
people in the world, I feel obligated to lick
that food from the guilty'appendage, rather
than. wash it down the drain.
Recent outings however have shown: me
I'm not the only one afflicted with this taste-
- filrsttinsppppection,: you°re always convinced—o=mania=Only-Saturday-I; and -two -others;
somethingtnight have happened in the next sat down to dinner with three people guilty
minute to destroy it, and another test is of snacking on the nutriment cooking on the
necessary. It's a never-ending circle. barbecue; But they too had, their excuses,
Of course, the actual taste of the food unbelievable as they were.
itself might have something • to do with it. So, snacking I guess, is a common com-
Ever noticed how much better such things plaint among cooks, although nobody is
as spaghetti sauce and chili taste off a really complaining all that• vehemently. The
wooden spoon? Broccoli and cauliflower only sure cure appears to be just the
before they're cooked? Or cheese when it's preparation of more food. '
grated instead of sliced? What's that saying - too many cooks ruin
I've tried to stop pilfering food before it'sthe broth? Well, maybe that should . be
served but I can't. If the smell doesn't get to altered to read, one cook can diminish the
nie; then somehow, 'somewhere along the broth.
father had almost filled one wagon when he
saw his two-year-old walk out of the corn
field, no more than six rows from where the
harvester was working. ,
Relief? You're not kidding. •
The following scenerio , appears so
harmless that it can't possibly happen to
farm families. But it did and now all that's
left are memories:
Adults and kids are picking stones, A cou-
ple of younger kids, not old enough to help,
are riding its the bucket of a front end
loader. The tractor is driven through the
field slowly so the stone pickers can keep up.
One of the kids,•riding up front, sees her
father pass by ori another tractor, doing
another job involved in preparing the soil
for the spring crop.. The natural reaction for
the child is to make an instinctive motion to
stand at the recognition of her father. Iter
slight movement is enough to cause her to
fall froni the loader.
She dies later in hospital as the result of
head injuries caused when the tractor wheel
drove over her.
This is just one of "many examples of hew
children and adults can be injured or killed
in._farm accidents. Though we shake our
heads -sadly when we hear of such accidents;
they won't stop.
We hear people say "it won't happen to
us", but it does, and all "too often. True,
many kids are lucky they've come through
their childhood years unscathed, but it's
time we stopped counting en "luck, and
started using common sense when it comes
to using fartn safety. It's a matter of life and
'death.
Little Ian watched wide-eyed when he saw
me working up the garden and part of the
lawn with a sinal] farm tractor: I: felt a
strong urge to give him a ride, but had,to
keep y it's better for him to
telling myself, no, tt
be safe, in his mothers arms.
Several farm mothers in Bruce and Grey
counties have been pushing for rural day
care centres. They've'fin'ally had success',
y
more than a year of 16bbying Four
after
such centres have recently opened in
Mildmay, Teeswater, Eltiwood and Tara:
The new centres, geared toward faith
families, are another positive step in W-
inding farin
ro-noting"farm safety rn'Ontarto
400 is a time of year of new growth; and
life. Let scoot spoil it by being ignorant of the
_.. e • p it an one at
its eaa happen to anyone ,
fact�farm accide
any time. It's up to us tee Make sure they
hever'.doi
Errant in hockey pool choices
The list the entire sporting world was
waiting for came out only a few weeks ago.
I had been contacted several times by
the National Hockey League Central
Scouting Bureau, asking me for the
names, but as usual I refused to release
the list before the playoffs began.
The list in question, of course, is the
dreaded litany of pro shinny stars whose
years as productive, useful, hockey
players are about to come to an abrupt
end. In other words, the players chosen
by this particularly myopic sports swami
in the annual playoff hockey pool.
Many players, upon learning they have
been choosen by moi in the pool either fake
injuries, or actually incurr them, just to
get out of scoring any points for me. Most
• however, simply play like they were in-
volved in a Sunday night ringette game
rather than the Stanley Cup playoffs. A
few, like some fellow named Peterson who
played for Buffalo a few years back, fade
off into complete obscurity never to be
heard from again.
It seems ironic and a tad unfair that So-
meone like myself, who can stay afloat in-
definitely in a swimming pool, Should sink
like the proverbial stone to the very bot-
tom, the minute I enter a hockey pool. But,
alas, it is so.
This year, rather than dying my usual
slow death, I decided I would take an all -
or -nothing gamble. The New York
Rangers, I presumed, would probably go
relatively untouched in the ft`rst eight
.FROM THIS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftis
rounds or so as they were stacked against
the mighty Philadelphia Flyers. I was
right about that, however I was completely
errant in my assumption they had a
chance of pulling off an upset for the se-
cond year in a row. -
I had seven of them.
My choice of the Rangers was not made
purely on speculation. It was based partly
on patriotic pride. While I realize that New
York is an American city, I put my faith in
that all -Canadian hero, Phil Esposito, who
is currently acting as coach and general
manager of the team = at least until the
golf season is over.
Who would not remember Phil's
dramatic speech after the fourth game of
that historic 1972 Canada -Russia summit
series? Surely, I reasoned, Phil could give
a speech like that to the Rangers should
they fall upon hard times, and they would
immediately rise to any challenge they
might face.
Unfortunately, I neglected 16 take into
account the fact that some of the current
New Yorkers had yet to receive their first
pair of skates when Espo first showed his
great leadership ability against the Rus-
sian Red Machine some 15 years aga.
Young players like Jeff Jackson probably
think Valeri Kharlarnov is a new brand of
designer jeans.
Stilll though the man they have dubbed
"Trader Phil," had built himself a fairly
impressive squad through his dealings. 1
figured if nothing else, Phil's trades shelv-
ed he had guts. Rumor has it, he came
within a few phone calls of dealing his own
mother to the New Jersey Devils for a solid
defenceman and future considerations.
Anyway, it seems none of the Rangers
shared my'conviction that Phil knew what
he was doing. Or maybe Phil just forgot
that if you deal aivay all your defencemen
for fowards who think backchecking
means looking over your shoulder to See if
the cameras are focused on your good side,
you may have to go and man the biuelirie
yourself.
It's not that T'm out of the pool complete-
ly now that the first rout is over. I figure
if Reijo Routsalainen and Craig Muni can
just pick up about 10 points a night bet-
ween them and the Oilers go all the way,/
can still finish in the money.
Does anyone have any openings left in
their baseball pool?
Shoe store window illurninated
APRIL 22, 1887 '
Master John Logan, eldest son of Mr. W.
Logan left here a few days ago for Carberry,
Manitoba. John was one of the hest boys in
this town, and will do well and find friends
wherever he goes.
Mr. George Good had his store beautifully
illuritinated on'- Friday night and made a
very handsome display in the hoot and shoe
Iine. Mr Good is bound n"ot to be outdone by
the millinery establisl meit'ts and the
display he made was witnessed and ad-
mired by a large"crowd of people. -
The Watson -Kelly company entertain=
ment on Monday evening, was well attend=
ed, and both Mrs: Watson and Mr. Kelly well
sustained the high reputation they have at-
tained in their respective spheres:
A couple of thuible-riggers commenced
busiii'ess in Bru'cefield on fair' day and they
soon victimised *number of 'green ons' to
the tune of from' five to 20' dollars, The con=
stable got on then' track;,• arid while he "was
away getting a warrant they folded up their
tents', and silently stole away by a back
street:
The Brucefiel'd saw mill is doing a large
buisn'ess lust now': One would almost think.
that nearl • all the los would b'e'eut out of
ie i Mi . Musitardgets lots
this district now, but M, g
Of thein still
IN THE YEARS .AGONE • .•
_from rile
oirs
APit`ILZS 1912
Mr, Frank Kling of Seaforth, has sola to
B.B. Stephenson, of Constance, the hp -
petted Belgian draft stallion, Grain D'Or
21400. This horse was imported front
Belgiuiti by Messrs J. Crouch and Sons, of
Lafayette, Indiana, when he was four years
old. The importation of this horse by the
above firth speaks for the high orderr of
merit which the horse deserves, •as Messrs:
Crouch and Sons import nothing but the
very best.
At a special meeting of council the follow-
inn ✓notion was passed: "The Seaforth
Public Library Board be g'ranted.the sum of
thr"ee hundrdd dollars for the p itpose of pur-
chasing the Allen property on Main street
for site for Carnegie Library. The money
to be raised by special issue twenty year
debenture
" .e Carnegre''grant, weanders-
tend, is to be $10,000. This it is expected will
complete the building and brake it ready for
• bceupaney and the only outlay ort the part of
the town"will he the cost df the site and
possibly y about $150 y ` additional to the
a ear ,• additi,
present cost of the library matntanee in
order to keep the equipment up to the re-
quirement§ of the grnt.
MrL:O
Kruse IeftaSeaforth last week for
Edmonton Mr. Kruse has a
brother in that
city and if things suit hint he will likely re-
main there and go into business. Mrs. Kruse
will follow assoon as he gets settled.
- APRIL 23, 1937
The Voting. Ladies Sociality held a dance
in Looby's Hall, Dublinn, on Friday tight. A.
crowd. attended and a prize was
Splendid . , __.�.•. Wen _... .• •.
given, which was won byy Thomas Gbyne,
During the past week some thirty trees
and a large number of shrubs arta: Hushes
have been set 'out at the Lions Park in
preparation for the coming season, when,
thousands of Seaforth and district citizens'
will take advanta a of the s lendid
g p Pe
facilities
E.A. McMaster wasrelected president
of the Seaforth Athletic .Association'at the
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